U.S. and Iraq also are poised to finalize a major energy deal.
An agreement is expected to be signed Friday between Iraq, U.S. companies Chevron and TI Capital and Qatar’s UCC for construction of an oil pipeline that will link southern Iraq’s Basra to western Iraq’s Haditha and then to the Ceyhan port in Turkey and the port of Baniyas on Syria’s coast, two Iraqi officials said.
The pipeline would transport some 2 million barrels of oil daily.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
